The Foreign Ministry of US recently announced that Chabahar Port is exempted from its new round of sanctions (November 6th, 2018).

As evident by its recent TV programs, Iran’s government considers this decision a retreat from US, in other words, a victory for itself: “Following the disagreement of other countries with US, the American government had to exempt Chabahar from the new round of sanctions. Which the US Foreign Ministry pertains to its support for Afghanistan’s economy” (Channel one of Iran’s TV; November 7th, 2018).

On Monday, the US sanctions hit Iran’s energy and bank sector. Meanwhile, officials in Iran dismiss concerns about the impact of the sanctions on the economy, and claim that nothing serious has happened.

The latest round of U.S. sanctions on the Iranian Regime have just taken effect today. These sanctions target Iran’s banking and energy sectors and the Trump administration’s aim is to get all foreign countries to reduce their imports of Iranian oil to zero.